Condiment holder



1,614,793 Jan. 18,1927. B D JUSTIN CONDIMENT HOLDER Filed Jan. 13, 1926 avwenhn" "5.12. Jul Jilin Patented 1.... 18, 1927.

UNITED STATES BASIL D. JUSTIN}; OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

connmnur nommn.

- Application filed January 18, 1928. Serial Io. 81,088.

This invention relates to condiment holders and more particularly to a condiment holder having separate compartments and means for selectively controlling the passage of material from either compartment.

One object of the invention is to provide the condiment holder with an improved type of slidably mounted plate for controlling the passage of salt or pepper from the respective compartments thereof, the plate being provided with openings so arranged as to permit discharge of the material from one compartment while the other remains closed.

Another object of the invention is to countersink the top of the receptacle to form a guide for the adjustable plate, said countersunk portion also'serving to limit the sliding movement of the plate.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved condiment holder, and

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through the same.

The condiment holder includes a hollow body portion having side Walls 1 and 2 and end walls 3 and 4 which project upwardly from a base 5, the base being flared so that the device will be firmly supported and not liable to be easily upset. The bottom 6 is disposed at the junction of the flared base with the walls, as shown in Fig. 2, and the top 7' is spaced below the upper edges of the walls so that portions of the wa s extend above the top and rovide peripheral flanges projecting upwar ly at the sides and ends of the top. A artition 8 extends vertically in the body and divides the body into separate compartments 9 and 10, one of which is to receive pepper and the other salt. It will be, of course, understood that seasonin other than pepper and salt may be placed 1D. the compartments. The to 7 has one end ortion provided with per orations 11 and its other end portion formed with perforations 12 which are larger than the erforations 11 as is customary in salt an epper casters. Openings 13 are formed in t e bottom 6 at opposite sides of the partition so that salt and pepper may be ured into the compartments 9 and 10 and c osure plugs 14, which are preferably corks, are removably fitted into the openings 13. The corks 14 are of such size that when the device is resting upon its base 5 the corks will be held in spaced relation'to the table and, therefore,

there will be no danger of the corks being forced too tightly into the openings or worked loose.

Discharge of salt and pepper from the compartments is controlled by a plate 15 which is of such length and width that it fits snugly between the flanges at the sides of the top and may have limited sliding movement between the end flan es. Tongues 16 extend from the side wal s 5 in overhan ing relation to opposite side portions of 't e plate so that the plate will be held in close contacting engagement with the outer face of the top. The tongues may be bent into engagement with the plate if the body portion is formed of pliant metal or the plate may be formed of metal, celluloid or some other material having suilicient flexilibilty to permit of its being slid beneath the tonguw into operative engagement with the top. At one end the plate is provided with an arm 17 which extends outwardly through a recess 18 formed in the flange of the adjacent end walland has its outer end portion provided with an opening 19 to receive the upper end portion of an actuating lever 20. The lever 20 is pivoted intermediate its length to a bearing bracket 21 secured to the end wall of the bod and at its lower end the lever is formed with a relatively wide and flat head. The head 22 is engaged by a spring 23 which serves to yieldably retain t e lever in the position shown in Fi 2 but when pressure is applied to the ead the lever will be rocked upon the bearing bracket 21 and the plate moved longitudinally of the top 7 out of engagement with the upper end of the wall 4 an into enga ement with the upper end of the wall 3. ts'of openings 24 and 25 are formed in the plate and ada ted to re ister with the openings 11 an 12. e openin 24 and 25 are so disposed that when t e plate is in its normal position shown in Fig. 2 the openings 25 will register with the openin 12 and the openings 24 Wlll be out of registry with the openings 11. Therefore under normal conditions salt may be dispensed from the compartment 8 but pepper will be retained in the compartment 9. When itis desired to dispense pepper instead of salt pressure is a plied to the head 22 in order to rock tl fe lever and move the plate longitudinallyof the top until it engages the flange at the other end thereof. When so moved, the

openin 24 will register with the openings 11 so t at pepper may be dispensed from the compartment 9 and the openings 25' will be out of registry with the openings 12 so that salt will be retained in, the compartment 10. As soon as the lever is released, the spring will expand and the lever and late return to their normal ositions. It wi 1, therefore, be seen that the dispensing of salt and pepper from the respective compartments may be readily controlled,

Having thus described the invention, I claim: 1

1. A condiment holder comprising a hollow body having a bottom, a top, and walls connecting said top and bottom and extending above the top to provide a peripheral flange one wall having a notch leading from its upper edge, said top having openin communicating with the interior of the body, a closure plate resting upon said top and slidable therealong and guided and limited in its sliding movement by said eripheral flange, said plate having openings ormed therein for registering with the openings in said top, an arm extending from said plate through said notch, and an actuatin lever. ivoted to the wall having the note form therein and engaged with said tongue to impart sliding movement to said plate.

2. A condiment holder comprising a hollow-bodyhaving a bottom a top, and walls connecting aid top and bottom and extending above t to provide a peripheral flange about thetop, said top having 0 enings communicating with the interior 0 the body, a closure plate resting upon said'top and slidable therealong and guided and limited in its sliding movement by said peripheral flange, said plate having openings formed therein for registering with the openings in said top, the tongues extending from the flange forming portions of opposed side walls in overlapping relation to said plate to retain the plate in engagemeht with said top, an armextending from one end of said plate through a notch in the flange formin portion of an adjacent wall, a lever pivoted intermediate its length to the last-mentioned end wall and having one end engaged with said arm, and a spring engaging said lever to yieldably retain the lever and plate in a normal position.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

BASIL D. JUSTIN.- L 8.] 

